Post your ideas for Digital Cameras in the Classroom below. Follow my example:
Debra DeBates
1 - In a Careers class, while students are completing a job shadowing experience, ask them to take photos of the professional they are shadowing. Clarify that the pictures should illustrate what the professional does at work. Following the experience, students can use the photos as they report on their experience with a short PowerPoint presentation. NOTE: permission slips would need to be signed before these photos could be used.
2 - Create a Career Collage using these photos and post the posters in the classroom, school library or guidance counselor's office.
3 - In a Nutrition and Wellness class, ask students to take pictures illustrating visually in a step-by-step manner how to complete a task. Examples might include using a blender, slicing Julienne strips, etc.
Tasha Baxter “Top Five Uses for the Digital Camerain My Classroom”
1)FCCLA-Students will takedigital photos at every FCCLA event. Then the photos will be decided on at theApril meeting. Then the FCCLA members will use Microsoft photo story to make arecruitment video for the Hornets FCCLA chapter.
2)Child Development- Studentswill decorate fruit by drawing faces on the fruit. Then they will take picturesand create a digital picture show. This will be presented to the local Mother’sDay Out 4 year old class.
3)Lifetime Nutrition and Wellness-This will consist of a semester long assignment. Students willstudy the long term effects of what people eat. Then they create a game withthe pictures of the different foods they took.
4)Human Services-Studentswill video each other while being mock interviewed. Then we will use this tohelp the students understand how to respond properly to interview questions.
5)Parenting- Students will videoand interview parents with children in three different age categories. Thiswill be done in pairs. The students can either do still shots and turn them intoa video or use a digital camera and record the interviews. The students willalso be responsible for the questions they ask. Each person interviewed muchsign a paper saying it is okay for the students to video them.
Top Five Uses for the Digital Camera in My Classroom By Shawna Janota
1) Individual and Family Relationships: Using a digital camera, students will take photos of their family members. They will create a Smartbox or Prezi photo collage that shows the student’s favorite activities with their family members.
2) Foods I: Using a digital camera, students will take photos of each food item they make throughout the term. At the end of the term, students will create a Prezi presentation that showcases all of the food they made.
3) Fashion: Using a digital camera, students will take photos of fabric, jewelry, buildings, or flowers that are inspiring to them. Once they have several inspirational photos, students will design one outfit that represents their photos.
4) Interior Design: Using a digital camera, students will take before and after photos of how they redecorated their bedroom. (Painting the walls a different color is not a requirement.) Students will then create a photo presentation using Smilebox.
5) Sewing: Using a digital camera, students will create a photo tutorial on how to thread a sewing machine.
Ryenn Hulse Top Five Uses for the Digital Camera in My Classroom
1. Human Development
Students are separated into groups. Each group is assigned a developmental stage. Groups take photographs of each group member demonstrating a behavior of a child in this developmental phase. Groups will develop a slideshow using their pictures that they will present to the class. During the presentation they must explain what each picture is representing.
2. Parenting
Students take photographs of themselves performing good parenting practices such as conflict resolution, discipline or preparing a child for bed. Students can demonstrate these skills on either a doll or a family member. With these photographs they create a digital presentation in the format of digital storytelling that will walk viewers through the process and highlighting important steps.
3. Interior design
Students are assigned to photograph a room or feature design they dislike within their home. From this photograph they will develop creative cost effective solutions that fit within a set budget. They will include photographs or magazine cut outs as examples of their vision. Students will combine their original photo, ideas and cost estimation into a digital presentation for the class in PowerPoint format.
4. Apparel Merchandising
Students will photograph themselves performing each step in the production of a chosen garment. They will combine the photographs into an instructional booklet giving step by step instructions in the assembly of their finished product.
5. Career Development
Students select their ideal career path and develop a portfolio of themselves being ideal candidates for the job. In this portfolio they will include achievements, education, skills and photograph of themselves carrying out the tasks required of them in this position.
Top Five Uses for the Digital Camera in my Classroom by Carri Smith
Child Development
Use a digital camera for a graphic in an assignment. For example, in Child Development, students have to create a brochure to market a preschool that they are opening up. The requirement is that they have to take pictures of children that represent the different child development stages, i.e. physical, motor skills, social development, cognitive development, etc. and describe how their preschool addresses and promotes growth in these areas.
Interior Design
Use a digital camera to visually enhance a lecture. For example, in Interior Design, a teacher can take pictures of various items that are heavy in a certain color and represent and express the meaning and feeling that colors emit when used. First show them a picture and ask the students to write down on a piece of paper the first word they think of when they see it. Ask students for to share their answers. Then go on to explain the color represented in the picture and its meaning and uses in interior design, i.e. Pink = delicacy, Yellow = happiness, Green = serenity, Red = passionate, Warm colors: increase work speed; are stimulating, happy, and warm, etc.
Professional Foods
Use a digital camera to help keep kitchens organized during food labs. Take pictures of the content in the drawers and cupboards and tape them on the outside of the corresponding drawer/cupboard so the students always know where to find things and where to put them back.
Intro to Fashion
Use a digital camera to capture the responsibilities of a job when students are completing a 2-week job shadow (work-based learning program) and then have them put together a digital storybook about it. For example, one student might shadow a buyer at Nordstrom. She would then periodically have her picture taken while assisting the buyer. She would then put together a digital storybook using her pictures and other items to introduce to the class what a day in the life of a buyer would look like. It’s a great way to expose students to the many different jobs within the fashion world while giving students hands-on experience.
FCS General
I have noticed in some high schools that they do a lot of advertising for their FCS classes to keep their numbers up. In order to advertise your classes, you could always have a digital camera handy to take pictures of a variety of activities (field trips, food labs, working with children, etc.) and create an advertising bulletin in the school so students can see all that FCS has to offer. You could also use these pictures to send out to the parents with class updates on what their kids are doing/learning.
Top 5 Uses for the Digital Camera in My Classroom By: Katie Hajicek
Nutrition and Foods
Take photos of students while they are completing a food lab. Get action shots of the students actually preparing the food. Compile a list of photos of a variety of students and create a slideshow for them to watch as entering class later.
Child Care Careers
Have students create their own brochure using photos of children in child care settings. They will need to get written permission to take and use these photos.
Interior Design
Students will be assigned to take pictures of various textiles that would be aesthetically pleasing in a living area. They would then create a collage of these pictures.
Career Development
While students are job shadowing, have them take 3 pictures of what they consider to be the highlight of that particular job. For example, if they are shadowing a Dietician in a long term care facility, they make take a picture of the dietician working with a resident and journal his or her thoughts on that picture.
Apparel Merchandising
Students will create their own photo journal of their own apparel designs. For example, a student may be in charge of creating a pair of mittens using the high school team mascot, a hat, a t-shirt, and a scarf. Students will then need to photograph each of their designs and finished products and put in a photo journal.
Top 5 Uses for Digital Camera
By: Kyle L. Roberson 1. Nutrition: Use digital camera to make a food journal of everything the students ate that week. Photos can be placed in a PPT presentation with each slide representing a day of the week. 2.Career and Technical Education: Have students take photos of various job related environments and functions that represent a field of interest. Then have them place the photos in a collage with photos of other related fields their particular interests could lead to. 3.Textiles: Have the students spend a few weeks taking photos of textures and clothing styles that appeal to them. Using photo shop software to create paper doll clothing with the textures and styles each student liked. 4.Personal Finance: Create photographic evidence of personal belonging to be placed in safe place in the event of fire or other natural disaster. In the classroom, this can be done on a smaller scale when discussing the importance of maintaining appropriate insurance on self and personal property. 5.Human Development: Using the digital camera, take pictures around school events that represent healthy lifestyle choices and activities, place these pictures on poster board to be placed around school to promote FCS and healthy lifestyles.
Top 5 Uses for the Digital Camera in My Classroom by: Lindsey Sommerlatte
1. Interior Design – Have students take pictures of various housing styles seen in their neighborhood. Then have students share the pictures with their group and research the housing style, the period or era that the style was popular, and the architect responsible for the design of housing.
2. Ready, Set, Teach! – Have students take pictures of themselves working with children in the classroom to upload onto their digital portfolio.
3. Interior Design – Have students take pictures of their larger projects so they have a sample of all work in their end of the year portfolio.
4. Culinary Arts – Give each group of students a different recipe to create. Have students take pictures of themselves during each phase of creating a recipe. Have students then use the pictures to teach others in the class how to create their dish.
5. Human Growth & Development – Take a field trip to a toy store and have students take pictures of toys that could be used to aid in the education process of children. Review the pictures as a class and discuss how each toy educates young minds.
Digital Cameras in the FACS Classroom Sarah Batkiewicz
Parenting/Child Development – Students can make picture cards of objects familiar to a young child (toddler to 3 year old) to assist in communication. Single words can be added to aid in beginning literacy skills. Students can use these cards with young children they encounter in a child care lab experience.
Nutrition – Students could prepare a nutritious meal at home, take pictures of the experience including the ingredients and pictures of them doing the prep and cooking work. Students could post them to a class blog detailing their experience and how their food met nutrition guidelines.
Interior Design – On a field trip or as an out of school assignment, students can tour furniture stores to take photos of items they would place in a room they are working to design. The student’s final project would include a designed “collage” of these photos that illustrates how students would use the principles of design to create their chosen room using the items they chose.
Financial Education – Students could work to develop several short and long term financial goals. Students could then take pictures of (or pictures that represent) their goal – a car, new phone, etc. Students could post the pictures at home in a prominent place (or carry them in their wallets/purses on top of their debit/credit cards or cash) as a reminder of their financial goals. They can also keep a copy of the same pictures in a folder or assignment book for financial education class to remind students of why financial education is so important.
Food Preparation/Food Safety/Culinary Arts – Students can study the importance of a well organized/designed and safe kitchen by organizing the classroom kitchen drawers and cabinets. Once the drawers and cabinets are organized students will take pictures of each drawer and create labels to detail what belongs in each to make organization more concrete, especially for other (possibly younger) students that use the same kitchens. Students could then make another copy of the same photos and write their reasoning for organizing their kitchen they way they did and how it will enhance food safety and efficient food preparation.
Digital Cameras in the FACS Classroom
Stefanie Burnett
Fashion and Clothing: Students will take various pictures of clothing for specific categories. An example of this would be students locating garments that have a style of hem, neck line, sleeve etc. This would allow students to understand the difference between all the different styles available.
Creative Cooking: In the various labs that students perform they will have the opportunity to take pictures with their digital cameras to share on the class blog. Students from schools in the area will have the chance to comment of the work that my students completed. Students will have constructive feedback and comments to help them better their creative cooking skills.
Independent Living: One specific way students can use digital cameras in independent living is for the living independent assignment. This would include students locating apartments to rent, houses to buy and transportation. Students will locate areas that interest them to live and will take pictures to support findings.
Careers with Children: Students could use digital cameras by taking photos of different activities they create for learning. This could include activities for children that strengthen gross and fine motor skills. Students could also take picture of when they are working in their classrooms with students to provide documentation for their practicum.
Global Foods: This course would be a great way to use digital cameras. Students would be assigned to experience different types of foods from various cultures. They would be required to take photos of the food they tried. Students would also take pictures of their food they created in class from various cultures. They could post the photos on the classrooms blog to gain comments from other schools students.
Digital Camera in the FCS Classroom Aileen Edelen
Fashion Design/ Textiles Class Project: Take pictures showing the steps to making a garment. This project could be more complex for students in higher level classes by requiring more garments, or more intricate garments to be made. By having students show the step-by-step procedure they use they will be able to show different techniques and have a compilation for a professional portfolio.
Nutrition Class Project: Make a food pyramid using pictures of food found in your house The purpose of this project is to teach students what they healthy food they could already be eating that is found in their household. The key to a good diet is knowing and understanding proper nutrition. With a project like this students would be one step closer to eating healthier.
Basic/ Introduction to Foods Class Project: Make an instruction book for food safety using pictures to accompany the instructions Many people need visual aids when it comes to time spent in the kitchen. Students would make an instruction book using words and pictures of themselves handling food safely. The pictures could all be taken in class and students would be able to work in groups to complete this project.
Child Development Project: Make an age-appropriate digital storybook Children are being introduced to technology at a much younger age, but most of the technology is geared toward games. This would be an opportunity for students to reach out to children, using technology, but encouraging reading. The digital storybook would be comprised of pictures and sentences that tell a story. Students would be assigned an age group that their story should be targeted towards.
Interior Design Project: Take pictures of a room and describe the changes you would make Students would select a room where they live (if this is a problem they may use my classroom) to design and make aesthetically pleasing. The camera will document the before pictures so students can see the beginning project and visualize the end result of can see each other’s transformations.
Digital Camera Uses in FCS Classes
By Elizabeth McManus
1. Fashions II: Intro to Fashion Design
Take snapshots of each project during the semester as it is being made. Also, have students work in pairs to model and photograph their final products. Arrange these in a portfolio to show the projects made throughout the year.
2. Consumer Economics and Personal Financial Management
As part of a project/presentation on comparison shopping, have students photograph some options for a specific item they are shopping for, and include these photos in their presentation along with reviews and other information they used to make their final selection.
3. Culinary Arts I: Cooking Techniques
As an assessment, create a PowerPoint presentation of pictures of different basic kitchen tools, and ask students to number a paper and name the item and describe its use.
4. Interior Design II-Advanced Interior Design
During a unit on room design theories, as a homework assignment have students try to find and photograph rooms or places which demonstrate the application of specific room design theories/strategies.
5. Nutrition and Wellness
Have students make a photo-documentary of everything they eat in a day for analysis in class.
Angela Boland
Top 5 Digital Photo curriculum integration ideas...
Creating a bulletin board to market FCCLA to students. Use camera to capture the fun of the organization.
Practicing plate presentation in a culinary arts class. Students practice different methods of plating and take pictures to demonstrate their ability to plate aesthetically.
Nutrition and Wellness – cook an unhealthy version of a typical meal and take a picture of it and then adapt the recipe to make a healthier version and take a picture of it. The goal is to make both versions equally appealing and tasty.
Develop a career development portfolio that shows off the activities a student has participated in, awards they have won, photos with important people, and a professional photo.
Interior design – digital photos can be used in a design board that presents a design idea for a specific job.
Debra DeBates
1 - In a Careers class, while students are completing a job shadowing experience, ask them to take photos of the professional they are shadowing. Clarify that the pictures should illustrate what the professional does at work. Following the experience, students can use the photos as they report on their experience with a short PowerPoint presentation. NOTE: permission slips would need to be signed before these photos could be used.
2 - Create a Career Collage using these photos and post the posters in the classroom, school library or guidance counselor's office.
3 - In a Nutrition and Wellness class, ask students to take pictures illustrating visually in a step-by-step manner how to complete a task. Examples might include using a blender, slicing Julienne strips, etc.
Tasha Baxter
“Top Five Uses for the Digital Camerain My Classroom”
1) FCCLA-Students will takedigital photos at every FCCLA event. Then the photos will be decided on at theApril meeting. Then the FCCLA members will use Microsoft photo story to make arecruitment video for the Hornets FCCLA chapter.
2) Child Development- Studentswill decorate fruit by drawing faces on the fruit. Then they will take picturesand create a digital picture show. This will be presented to the local Mother’sDay Out 4 year old class.
3) Lifetime Nutrition and Wellness-This will consist of a semester long assignment. Students willstudy the long term effects of what people eat. Then they create a game withthe pictures of the different foods they took.
4) Human Services-Studentswill video each other while being mock interviewed. Then we will use this tohelp the students understand how to respond properly to interview questions.
5) Parenting- Students will videoand interview parents with children in three different age categories. Thiswill be done in pairs. The students can either do still shots and turn them intoa video or use a digital camera and record the interviews. The students willalso be responsible for the questions they ask. Each person interviewed muchsign a paper saying it is okay for the students to video them.
Top Five Uses for the Digital Camera in My Classroom
By Shawna Janota
1) Individual and Family Relationships:
Using a digital camera, students will take photos of their family members. They will create a Smartbox or Prezi photo collage that shows the student’s favorite activities with their family members.
2) Foods I:
Using a digital camera, students will take photos of each food item they make throughout the term. At the end of the term, students will create a Prezi presentation that showcases all of the food they made.
3) Fashion:
Using a digital camera, students will take photos of fabric, jewelry, buildings, or flowers that are inspiring to them. Once they have several inspirational photos, students will design one outfit that represents their photos.
4) Interior Design:
Using a digital camera, students will take before and after photos of how they redecorated their bedroom. (Painting the walls a different color is not a requirement.) Students will then create a photo presentation using Smilebox.
5) Sewing:
Using a digital camera, students will create a photo tutorial on how to thread a sewing machine.
Ryenn Hulse
Top Five Uses for the Digital Camera in My Classroom
1. Human Development
Students are separated into groups. Each group is assigned a developmental stage. Groups take photographs of each group member demonstrating a behavior of a child in this developmental phase. Groups will develop a slideshow using their pictures that they will present to the class. During the presentation they must explain what each picture is representing.
2. Parenting
Students take photographs of themselves performing good parenting practices such as conflict resolution, discipline or preparing a child for bed. Students can demonstrate these skills on either a doll or a family member. With these photographs they create a digital presentation in the format of digital storytelling that will walk viewers through the process and highlighting important steps.
3. Interior design
Students are assigned to photograph a room or feature design they dislike within their home. From this photograph they will develop creative cost effective solutions that fit within a set budget. They will include photographs or magazine cut outs as examples of their vision. Students will combine their original photo, ideas and cost estimation into a digital presentation for the class in PowerPoint format.
4. Apparel Merchandising
Students will photograph themselves performing each step in the production of a chosen garment. They will combine the photographs into an instructional booklet giving step by step instructions in the assembly of their finished product.
5. Career Development
Students select their ideal career path and develop a portfolio of themselves being ideal candidates for the job. In this portfolio they will include achievements, education, skills and photograph of themselves carrying out the tasks required of them in this position.
Top Five Uses for the Digital Camera in my Classroom
by Carri Smith
Top 5 Uses for the Digital Camera in My Classroom
By: Katie Hajicek
Nutrition and Foods
- Take photos of students while they are completing a food lab. Get action shots of the students actually preparing the food. Compile a list of photos of a variety of students and create a slideshow for them to watch as entering class later.
Child Care Careers- Have students create their own brochure using photos of children in child care settings. They will need to get written permission to take and use these photos.
Interior Design- Students will be assigned to take pictures of various textiles that would be aesthetically pleasing in a living area. They would then create a collage of these pictures.
Career Development- While students are job shadowing, have them take 3 pictures of what they consider to be the highlight of that particular job. For example, if they are shadowing a Dietician in a long term care facility, they make take a picture of the dietician working with a resident and journal his or her thoughts on that picture.
Apparel MerchandisingTop 5 Uses for Digital Camera
By: Kyle L. Roberson
1. Nutrition: Use digital camera to make a food journal of everything the students ate that week. Photos can be placed in a PPT presentation with each slide representing a day of the week.
2. Career and Technical Education: Have students take photos of various job related environments and functions that represent a field of interest. Then have them place the photos in a collage with photos of other related fields their particular interests could lead to.
3. Textiles: Have the students spend a few weeks taking photos of textures and clothing styles that appeal to them. Using photo shop software to create paper doll clothing with the textures and styles each student liked.
4. Personal Finance: Create photographic evidence of personal belonging to be placed in safe place in the event of fire or other natural disaster. In the classroom, this can be done on a smaller scale when discussing the importance of maintaining appropriate insurance on self and personal property.
5. Human Development: Using the digital camera, take pictures around school events that represent healthy lifestyle choices and activities, place these pictures on poster board to be placed around school to promote FCS and healthy lifestyles.
Top 5 Uses for the Digital Camera in My Classroom
by: Lindsey Sommerlatte
1. Interior Design – Have students take pictures of various housing styles seen in their neighborhood. Then have students share the pictures with their group and research the housing style, the period or era that the style was popular, and the architect responsible for the design of housing.
2. Ready, Set, Teach! – Have students take pictures of themselves working with children in the classroom to upload onto their digital portfolio.
3. Interior Design – Have students take pictures of their larger projects so they have a sample of all work in their end of the year portfolio.
4. Culinary Arts – Give each group of students a different recipe to create. Have students take pictures of themselves during each phase of creating a recipe. Have students then use the pictures to teach others in the class how to create their dish.
5. Human Growth & Development – Take a field trip to a toy store and have students take pictures of toys that could be used to aid in the education process of children. Review the pictures as a class and discuss how each toy educates young minds.
Digital Cameras in the FACS Classroom
Sarah Batkiewicz
Digital Cameras in the FACS Classroom
Stefanie Burnett
Fashion and Clothing: Students will take various pictures of clothing for specific categories. An example of this would be students locating garments that have a style of hem, neck line, sleeve etc. This would allow students to understand the difference between all the different styles available.
Creative Cooking: In the various labs that students perform they will have the opportunity to take pictures with their digital cameras to share on the class blog. Students from schools in the area will have the chance to comment of the work that my students completed. Students will have constructive feedback and comments to help them better their creative cooking skills.
Independent Living: One specific way students can use digital cameras in independent living is for the living independent assignment. This would include students locating apartments to rent, houses to buy and transportation. Students will locate areas that interest them to live and will take pictures to support findings.
Careers with Children: Students could use digital cameras by taking photos of different activities they create for learning. This could include activities for children that strengthen gross and fine motor skills. Students could also take picture of when they are working in their classrooms with students to provide documentation for their practicum.
Global Foods: This course would be a great way to use digital cameras. Students would be assigned to experience different types of foods from various cultures. They would be required to take photos of the food they tried. Students would also take pictures of their food they created in class from various cultures. They could post the photos on the classrooms blog to gain comments from other schools students.
Digital Camera in the FCS Classroom
Aileen Edelen
Fashion Design/ Textiles Class
Project: Take pictures showing the steps to making a garment.
This project could be more complex for students in higher level classes by requiring more garments, or more intricate garments to be made. By having students show the step-by-step procedure they use they will be able to show different techniques and have a compilation for a professional portfolio.
Nutrition Class
Project: Make a food pyramid using pictures of food found in your house
The purpose of this project is to teach students what they healthy food they could already be eating that is found in their household. The key to a good diet is knowing and understanding proper nutrition. With a project like this students would be one step closer to eating healthier.
Basic/ Introduction to Foods Class
Project: Make an instruction book for food safety using pictures to accompany the instructions
Many people need visual aids when it comes to time spent in the kitchen. Students would make an instruction book using words and pictures of themselves handling food safely. The pictures could all be taken in class and students would be able to work in groups to complete this project.
Child Development
Project: Make an age-appropriate digital storybook
Children are being introduced to technology at a much younger age, but most of the technology is geared toward games. This would be an opportunity for students to reach out to children, using technology, but encouraging reading. The digital storybook would be comprised of pictures and sentences that tell a story. Students would be assigned an age group that their story should be targeted towards.
Interior Design
Project: Take pictures of a room and describe the changes you would make
Students would select a room where they live (if this is a problem they may use my classroom) to design and make aesthetically pleasing. The camera will document the before pictures so students can see the beginning project and visualize the end result of can see each other’s transformations.
Digital Camera Uses in FCS Classes
By Elizabeth McManus1. Fashions II: Intro to Fashion Design
Take snapshots of each project during the semester as it is being made. Also, have students work in pairs to model and photograph their final products. Arrange these in a portfolio to show the projects made throughout the year.2. Consumer Economics and Personal Financial Management
As part of a project/presentation on comparison shopping, have students photograph some options for a specific item they are shopping for, and include these photos in their presentation along with reviews and other information they used to make their final selection.3. Culinary Arts I: Cooking Techniques
As an assessment, create a PowerPoint presentation of pictures of different basic kitchen tools, and ask students to number a paper and name the item and describe its use.4. Interior Design II-Advanced Interior Design
During a unit on room design theories, as a homework assignment have students try to find and photograph rooms or places which demonstrate the application of specific room design theories/strategies.5. Nutrition and Wellness
Have students make a photo-documentary of everything they eat in a day for analysis in class.Angela Boland
Top 5 Digital Photo curriculum integration ideas...